Exhausted Edvald Boasson Hagen calls an end to 2011
Norwegian to take a well-needed break before aiming at the Tour Down Under in 2012 Edvald Boasson Hagen is missing from the Team Sky rosters for the end of season races, as the 24-year-old Norwegian has put an end to […]
HTC-Highroad women’s team to become Team Specialized lululemon
Current bike sponsor steps up with Canadian sports apparel company to save top women’s team The women’s HTC-Highroad team will become Team Specialized lululemon from 2012, the team announced today. With current team owner Bob Stapleton unable to secure a […]
Peter Sagan to lead Liquigas-Cannondale in Beijing
Slovakian champion hopes to recapture pre-Worlds form in Chinese WorldTour race Liquigas-Cannondale is sending a team built around Slovakian champion Peter Sagan to the Tour of Beijing, which starts this coming Wednesday in the Chinese Capital. With most of the […]
Circuit Franco-Belge: Tom Veelers sprints into the race lead on stage three
First win of the season for Dutch sprinter after taking second the day before After taking second place on stage two, Tom Veelers (Skil-Shimano) has taken his first victory of the season in the third stage of the Tour de […]
Memorial Marco Pantani: Fabio Taborre wins sprint from large breakaway group
27 men sprints it out on the Cesenatico seafront to remember the late Giro and Tour hero Fabio Taborre (Acqua & Sapone) took his second victory of the season, having won the GP Citta di Camaiore in August, by taking […]
Niels Albert: “I want to win the World Cup again”
Belgian champion on form for Kalmthout tomorrow but wary of peaking too early Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) heads into this winter’s cyclocross season with the clear objective of retaining the World Cup title that he won last year, according to Sporza. […]
Pierre Rolland: “2012 is objective Tour”
Hero of Alpe d’Huez going all out for the yellow jersey next year Pierre Rolland (Europcar) is in the vanguard of the wave of newfound confidence in French cycling. The 24-year-old the big revelation of the Tour de France in […]
Zdenek Stybar: “At the end of 2013 I’ll choose between road and cross”
World champion to focus on both sports until his contract with Quick Step expires Zdenek Stybar (Quick Step) is planning a full season of cyclocross this winter, despite having raced on the road all year, according to Het Nieuwsblad. He […]
Manuel Belletti to join AG2R La Mondiale
25-year-old Italian sprinter steps up to the WorldTour on a two-year contract Manuel Belletti has signed with French ProTeam AG2R La Mondiale on a two-year contract. The Italian sprinter, from Cesena near the coast of Emilia Romangna, has spent the […]
Chris Sutton wins stage two bunch sprint in Franco-Belge
Robbie McEwen holds race lead after nine-man break dominates stage Chris Sutton (Team Sky) won the second stage of the Tour de Wallonie-Picardie/Circuit Franco-Belge, between Menen and Poperinge, as it finished in a bunch sprint once again. The Australian picked […]
